Michael Jackson's Trials

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Thursday, June 23, 2005

It seems that, despite being acquitted on child molestation charges, Michael Jackson's legal woes may not be completely behind him.

Donna Kyman has filed a lawsuit, alleging that a dog escaped from Jackson's Encino home and attacked her.

Kyman alleges that Flash, a husky belonging to Jackson's sister-in-law, attacked her whilst she was in her garage without provocation.

Flash was captured and tested negative for rabies. Kyman alleges that she still suffered "great mental, emotional and physical pain" that may "result in some permanent disability."

Kyman goes open the describe the hapless Flash in the most prosaic of terms:

"possessed of vicious and dangerous propensities and was inclined to attack people and other animals without provocation."

Kyman, in her suit, claims that Jackson and his sister-in-law Alejandra Jackson "knew of the viciousness and dangerousness of their dog and of its inclination, or reasonably should have known these facts", and that they "negligently, carelessly, and wrongfully permitted their husky dog to go, without a leash, onto public streets."

The suit is seeking compensation for medical, travel, incidental and legal expenses.

As ever, it comes down to money.

The question is, how on earth can Flash afford to pay damages if he is convicted?

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, gave an interview to the Today show on MSNBC yesterday.

She said that the trial took everything out of Jackson, both physically and mentally.

Quote:

"One of the reasons why it devastated him, he would tell me, 'Mother, when they say 'call your next witness,' and I look around and I'm surprised. It's people that I've helped, and they're up there trying to make money off of me by lying. I don't understand how people can do that.'"

Adding that:

"he'd been proven not to be a child molester, and they know he's not. But some people just believe what they believe and I can't stop that. But I wish they would stop and think about it. That he is not a child molester. He is not a pedophile. He doesn't give liquor to children. These kids were bad kids."

Mrs Jackson said that she feels sorry for the Arvizos:

"I feel sorry for them, too. From what I hear about their past, I feel sorry for their future if they don't change their way."

However, she was less forgiving about Tom Sneddon:

"My son is a better person than he is. What he did to my son, my son would never do to anyone else."